1. Historical Background 2. Emergence of the Yushin System 3. Establishment of the Yushin System 4. Consolidation of the Yushin System 5. Development of the Human Rights Movement 6. Conflict with the United States and Rise of the Labour Movement 7. Collapse of the Yushin System 8. Conclusion
Biography
Hak-Kyu Sohn is the former chairman of the Democratic Party and former governor of Gyeonggi Province, in South Korea. He holds a D. Phil. in politics from Oxford University and was the Director of the Christian Institute for the Study of Justice and Development (CISJD) in South Korea. His research interest is in how South Korea can be prepared for changes in international relations as well as for the fourth industrial revolution.
Reviews of the first publication:
‘This is a pioneering work on aspects of opposition movement in South Korean politics during the Yushin (or “revitalizing reform”) period, from October 1972 to October 1979, when President Park Chung Hee was a “one-man dictator”…’
— The Journal of Asian Studies
‘…well documented book on the balance between government and opposition during the period of the Yushin system..’
— Brian Bridges, International Affairs
